Greetings From The Island

The Best of Two Worlds

2014 World U-21 LAT and SEN IV STD

Our contributor Elena Anashina just forwarded a series of photographs with a message and "Happy International Dance Day" in the subject line. Indeed, 29 April was officially declared as such by UNESCO in the early 1980s.

It had slipped our mind again. But here it is, the official message to the International Dance Day 2014. And together with three of the photographs that Elena took last weekend at the 2014 European Youth Ten Dance and International Opens in Moscow, RUS. The others are in the Gallery.

The organisers of Magic Dance 2014 in Riga, LAT, opt for a more extroverted approach in staging their events on 1 and 2 May. For two International Opens and two Junior II Opens they have lined up Latvian broadcaster BEST 4 SPORT TV to produce a live signal and webcasts that will be available from the WDSF website too.

It is very encouraging to see that more and more organisers take the initiative and ensure that their events receive wide international exposure this way.

Here is the schedule of the Magic Dance 2014 webcasts later this week.

Thursday 1 May

16:00 - 18:40 UTC/GMT

Friday 2 May

16:00 - 18:40 UTC/GMT

JUVENILE 6-Dance

WDSF JUNIOR II LATIN

WDSF International STANDARD

JUVENILE Standard

WDSF JUNIOR II STANDARD

WDSF International LATIN

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Extensive coverage will also be available from the 2014 European Latin Formation in Dueren, GER, on Saturday 3 May. Dr Helmut Roland, the WDSF Communications team's formation specialist, will be on location. Stay tuned for more information on schedule, etc.

One dance was omitted and two dances were labelled wrong in the Final Reel that was published late on 26 April. Forever the perfectionist, our cameraman and editor Ferran Castanyer corrected both mistakes and released "The Final Reel Reloaded."

Well over 60 videos of the two World Championships in Calvià, ESP, have now been uploaded to the WDSF YouTube channel DanceSport Total as well as here.

Not bad, considering that conditions were far from perfect for this "Live from ..." blog to be kept up to date. The international DanceSport community has grown accustomed to this type of timely reporting from major WDSF events. It is what distinguishes them from the others on the calendar.